Since the onset of COVID-19, college students have faced a huge shift in their educational experience. As colleges and universities...
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High-Risk People in COVID-19: Physical & Financial Implications of the Pandemic
I would like to preface this blog post by mentioning that I am not a person with lived experience with a compromised immune system or...
Eating Disorders and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders** I would like to preface this blog post by mentioning that I am not a person with lived...
Depression & Anxiety During COVID-19
It is no secret that a large percentage of high school and college students suffer from mental health issues; most notably,...
Xenophobia and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Racial/Ethnic Violence** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a U.S.-born citizen who attends...
Substance Use Disorders in College Students and COVID-19
Last semester at the University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, I researched how individuals and society prejudice...
College Sexual Violence Survivors and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence/Assault** In September 2017, Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, began the process of rescinding...
LGBTQIA+ Youth and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Transphobia/Homophobia and Violence** June is Pride Month! Happy Pride to all. I would like to preface this post...
Racism and Mental Health
**Trigger Warning: Racial Violence / Police Violence ** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a white person who...
Abusive Homes and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Violence/Abuse** During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns of college students reentering abusive home environments...
College Mental Health and COVID-19
When the University of Richmond announced that learning would switch to entirely remote education due to COVID-19, my heart sunk as I...
Proposed State Budget Great Opportunity for Mental Health
[Condensed from our opinion column published March 2, 2020 in the Richmond Times Dispatch.] Virginia ranks 37th out of 51 states and...
Advocacy Day 2020
There was a mother who lost her son to addiction and suicide. A Navy veteran described not being able to find help when discharged...
College Student Mental Health
“We’re overwhelmed.” I heard this over and over from college counselors who stopped by our exhibit table at the Virginia Counselors...
Defending Current Health Care Protections
Mental Health America of Virginia was invited to Sen. Mark Warner's (D-VA) November 15th roundtable on defending healthcare...